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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The final lines of Rilke's epitaph read: "To be no one's sleep under so many ____."
2. What does Rilke begin with in his discussion of "The Dragon-Princess"?
3. Rilke writes in "The Dragon-Princess," that "fear of the inexplicable has not alone ______ the existence of the individual."
4. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that one must feel what?
5. How does the poet refer to childhood days to recall in "Blood-Remembering"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What word does Mood focus on regarding Rilke's writing of "The Dragon-Princess"?
2. What does Rilke remark of childhood memories in "Blood-Remembering"?
3. What metaphor does Rilke use in describing solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?
4. What happens once man has acclimated himself to solitude, according to Rilke in "The Dragon-Princess"?
5. What must one "see" in order to write a single verse, according to Rilke?
6. What does Mood discuss in the introduction to "The Dragon-Princess"?
7. What does Mood say of Orpheus in his interpretation of "The Difficulty of Dying"?
8. Of what does Rilke say regarding insecurity in human relationships in "The Dragon-Princess"?
9. What does Rilke say of "forgetting" in "Blood-Remembering"?
10. What does "under so many lids" reference in "The Difficulty of Dying"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the poems "Woman's Lament I" and "Woman's Lament II." What structural differences are there in these poems? What similarities in regard to subject and theme?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the elements of Rilke's writing which make him a precursor to the feminist movement. What aspects of his writing and his theory are ahead of his time in these matters? How does he relate the female and the male form?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss "Magic" and "Force of Gravity" in terms of subject, theme, symbolism, imagery, and structure.
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